Harness-buckle



(No Model.)

W. H. WILLIS & J. H. GOWEN.

HARNESS BUCKLE.

No. 363,036. Patented May 1 '7, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.VILLIAM H. lVlLLlS HARNESSQBUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,036, dated May 17, 1887.

Application filed January 19, 1887. Serial No. fl-1,742. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that we, \VILLIAM H. \VILLIs and JAMES H. CoWEN, citizens of the United States, residing at New Bed ford, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harness-Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

The accompanying drawings illustrate our invention, in which- Figure l is a side view of the buckle as it appears when applied to a harness. Fig. 2 is a side view of that part of the buckle which is provided with the tongue or spur and lockingspring. Fig. 3 is a view of the under side of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a side view of the clasp or thirnble of the buckle. Fig. 5 is a view of the under side of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a side view of the buckle as it appears when the clasp or part a is removed from the tongue or part Z) in order to take up or loosen the strap. Figs. 2 and 3 show the construction of the part b of the buckle.

c is a spur or stud, designed to entera hole in the strap g, and serves to resist the strain.

6 is a cross-bar, around which one end of a strap is looped and fastened, and d is a spring which serves to hold the two parts of the buckle a and I) together when they are properly adjusted.

Figs. 4 and 5 show the construction of the clasp or thimble a, which is provided on its under side with a projection, f, designed to catch over the spring (I of the part I) when the parts a and b are adjusted together.

Fig. 6 represents the operation of the buckle, showing the two parts a and I) of the buckle ready to be adjusted together, the part I) having the end of one of the strapslooped around its cross-bar c and securely fastened. The spur or stud c is adjusted in the desired hole in the strap 9, which has been previously passed through the clasp or thilnblc a. Then the thimble or clasp c is adjusted over the part b, when the projection f of the part a catches over the end of the spring (I, which operation serves to hold the thimble a securely in place, as shown in Fig. 1.

In rcadjusting the buckle to a different position on the strap the spring (1 is depressed by the finger and the clasp or thimble (0 moved to one side, when the spur or stud ccan readily be adjusted in a different hole in the strap 9 and the thimblc a replaced.

The advantages of this device over the ordinary buckle are, first, the straps are kept in a straight position, whatever the strain may be on them, and are thus not so liable to crack and break as when the ordinary buckle is used; second, it is more easily operated; and third, it presents a much more neat and sightly appearance.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A buckle consisting of the part I), provided with the cross-bar e, stud c, and spring (I, and the clasp or thimble a, provided with the projection f, substantially as shown and described.

Witnesses:

Tnos. M. J AMES, H. W. Mason. 

